BAE Systems: Fraud

David Howarth: To ask the Solicitor-General whether information obtained by the Serious Fraud Office during its investigations into BAE Systems about possible false declarations relating to  (a) Romania and  (b) South Africa have been passed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department.

Vera Baird: The Serious Fraud Office has no record of passing information during its investigations into BAE Systems about possible false declarations relating to  (a) Romania and  (b) South Africa to the Export Credits Guarantee Department.

Conservation Areas: Waste Disposal

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009,  Official Report, column 270W, on conservation areas: waste disposal, if he will place in the Library a copy of the written advice provided by English Heritage to local authorities on household wheeled refused containers in conservation areas.

Margaret Hodge: English Heritage has not provided standard advice to local authorities on household wheeled refuse containers in conservation areas. English Heritage's Streets for All manuals offer guidance on accommodating modern needs to reduce the impact of street clutter on conservation areas.
	The manuals are available to download from the English Heritage website at:
	http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8682

Departmental Internet

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many complaints his Department received regarding difficulties using it's website in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information is as follows:
	 2007 (0)
	 2008 (3)
	1. No print format on press releases 2. Use of lower case initial letters on DCMS website 3. Usability of contact us form 4. Request to remove consultation response 5. Broken RSS feed.
	 2009 (6)
	1. Broken RSS feed 2. Inaccessibility and usability of contact us form 3. Broken link to DCMS document 4. Request to remove consultation response 5. Usability of contact us form 6. Missing DCMS document 7. Request to remove consultation response 8. Badly redacted document. 9. Inaccessible document format. No facility to auto forward information by e-mail.

Sports: Training

Janet Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by what means the national sporting governing bodies plan to undertake their consultation on the review of the UK Coaching Certificate; and what partner organisations in each sport each governing body plans to support.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) Review is being led by Sportscoach UK, Sport England and SkillsActive. The review will be conducted in partnership with National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of Sport, the Home Country Sports Councils and UK Sport. The NGBs will be consulted throughout this process and, following the completion of the review, the NGBs may choose to reassess the construction of their coaching awards should they feel it is necessary.
	This review incorporates the following elements:
	National Occupational Standards and Common Units
	UKCC endorsement criteria
	UKCC endorsement process
	UKCC support to sports
	UKCC Communication and Marketing
	UKCC Costings.

Agriculture: Research

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding was allocated by his Department for agricultural research and development in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: DEFRA funding of research on agriculture and food (including animal health and welfare) over the last three financial years is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2008-09 63 
			 2007-08 68 
			 2006-07 75 
			  Source: DEFRA Science Information System. 
		
	
	Figures for 2009-10 will not be available till after the end of the financial year but the expenditure is expected to be in the region of £64 million. This includes DEFRA's contribution to the new Technology Strategy Board (TSB), DEFRA and BBSRC innovation platform for sustainable agriculture and food (SAF), which will invest up to £90 million over five years in match-funding for industry for agricultural research. The TSB contribution represents £50 million of additional sponsorship for the agricultural sector.

Departmental Written Questions

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what methodology his Department used to determine whether answers to questions in the formulation if he will set out with statistical information related as directly as possible to the tabling hon. Member's constituency the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997 could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Norris: Where the total cost to the Department of obtaining an answer to a parliamentary question is over £800, this is considered to be a disproportionate cost.

Environment Protection: Coastal Areas

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  whether his Department allocates funding to coastal local authorities for tackling the effects of coastal erosion;
	(2)  how much his Department spent on tackling coastal erosion in each of the last five years.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The majority of the investment for all flood and coastal erosion risk management activity is now delivered through grants from DEFRA to the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency invests directly in coastal flood risk management and also gives grants to local authorities and internal drainage boards.
	The following table shows the grants that were allocated to coastal local authorities for coastal erosion risk management in the last five financial years. Levels of grant allocation for coastal erosion in part reflect the number and nature of schemes coming forward in any one year. For example, 2006-07 and 2007-08 were characterised by a number of large schemes such as that in Blackpool which was allocated £12 million and £17 million in 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively.
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 52 
			 2006-07 65.7 
			 2007-08 49 
			 2008-09 32 
			 2009-10 30 
			  Source: DEFRA website and Environment Agency financial records. 
		
	
	Local authorities can also fund coastal erosion risk management using a number of sources, including central Government specific grants, council tax and formula grant from central Government. The following table gives final outturn estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing (i.e. formula grant) for coast protection for the last five financial years. Further details on this expenditure are not held centrally.
	
		
			  Local authority revenue outturn for coast protection, net current expenditure 
			   £ million 
			 2005-06 13.8 
			 2006-07 13.6 
			 2007-08 14.5 
			 2008-09 14.8 
			 2009-10 (1)14.3 
			 (1) Budget not outturn.  Source: Department for Communities and Local Government, revenue expenditure and financing Statistics. 
		
	
	The Government have also directly allocated £11 million funding to 15 coastal local authorities through the coastal change pathfinder programme that was announced in December 2009. The pathfinders, working in partnership with their local communities, are exploring a range of new and innovative approaches to help communities adapt to the effects of coastal change (including coastal erosion).

Marine Conservation Zones

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what use will be made of scientific evidence in identifying marine conservation zones under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
	(2)  whether the seven principles of ecological coherence will be adhered to in the designation of marine conservation zones;
	(3)  whether the minimum conservation objective for marine conservation zones will be that of favourable condition.

Huw Irranca-Davies: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Sherwood (Paddy Tipping) on 29 March 2010,  Official Report, columns 609-10W.

Waste Disposal: EU Action

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1003W, on waste disposal: EU action, if he will place in the Library a copy of each document for the two workshops held on 2 April and 14 September 2009 on the establishment of a Waste Implementation Agency that are held by his Department.

Dan Norris: I have placed the following documents produced by the European Commission in the Library:
	(a) The Study on the feasibility of the establishment of a Waste Implementation Agency-Overview;
	(b) The Waste Agency study-April workshop-summary;
	(c) The Summary of the study's interim report; and
	(d) The Waste Agency study-September workshop-summary.

Waste Disposal: EU Action

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1003W, on waste disposal: EU action, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's response to the questionnaire on the feasibility of establishing a Waste Implementation Agency.

Dan Norris: I have placed the UK's response of 8 April 2009 to the European Commission's informal "Questionnaire for Member State Officials" on the feasibility of establishing a Waste Implementation Agency in the Library.

A5: Shropshire

Owen Paterson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport 
	(1)  what plans he has to widen the A5 between Wolfshead and Queen's Head; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what recent assessment he has made of the condition of the A5 between Shrewsbury and the Shropshire/Wales border; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Mole: There are currently no plans to widen the A5 between Wolfshead and Queen's Head. The A5 Queen's Head to Wolfshead Widening scheme was submitted in the Regional Funding Advice submission to the Government at the end of February 2009. The West Midlands Regional Assembly's decision was not to prioritise the scheme for funding in the period 2009-19.
	The A5 between Wolfshead Roundabout and Shotatton is currently in good condition. The section of carriageway from Shotatton to Queens Head is due to be surface dressed between June and July 2010 to improve the condition of the surface. A survey is currently programmed to identify the causes of a surface water drainage issue approximately 400 metres south of the Queenshead Junction.

Hang Gliding and Paragliding: EU Action

Jacqui Smith: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the possible effects on the sports of hang gliding and paragliding of proposals in the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation consultation on the draft Standardised European Rules of the Air; and if he will meet the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association to discuss the proposals.

Paul Clark: Eurocontrol is preparing the draft implementing rule on Standardised European Rules of the Air on behalf of the European Commission under the umbrella of the Single European Sky (SES) initiative.
	The preliminary view of the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is that the proposals will not impact adversely on hang gliding and paragliding activities as the CAA, as the Competent Authority for the purposes of the legislation, will retain the discretion to permit visual flight rule flights. However, the UK will continue to seek clarity from Eurocontrol on the intent of the element of the regulation which concerns the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA).
	The Department has set up a UK European Air Traffic Management Stakeholders Forum, as a requirement of the SES legislation, at which policy officials directly concerned in this work update aviation stakeholders across the board on SES proposals and elicit views. The BHPA are on the invitee list for the Forum which will next be convened in late spring. In the meantime, Eurocontrol's consultation is still open till 12 April for the BHPA to express its concerns directly to the Agency.

Lorries: Testing

Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many tests of heavy goods vehicles the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency conducted outside core business hours between April 2009 and February 2010.

Paul Clark: The total number of heavy goods vehicles tested (both motor vehicles and trailers) outside normal working hours between April 2009 and February 2010 is 9,963. This consists of first and annual tests and retests.

Railways: Construction

David Lidington: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport 
	(1)  whether he has made an estimate of the number of business premises in  (a) the parish of Coldharbour,  (b) the parish of Aylesbury,  (c) the parish of Stoke Mandeville,  (d) the parish of Ellesborough,  (e) the parish of Wendover,  (f) the parish of Great Missenden and  (g) the County of Buckinghamshire which lie within (i) 100, (ii) 200, (iii) 300, (iv) 400 and (v) 500 metres of his Department's preferred route for High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  whether he has made an estimate of the number of dwellings in  (a) the parish of Coldharbour,  (b) the parish of Aylesbury,  (c) the parish of Stoke Mandeville,  (d) the parish of Ellesborough,  (e) the parish of Wendover,  (f) the parish of Great Missenden and  (g) the County of Buckinghamshire which lie within (i) 100, (ii) 200, (iii) 300, (iv) 400 and (v) 500 metres of his Department's preferred route for High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Mole: holding answer 18 March 2010
	The effects of the recommended route on properties will be made available as part of the Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS), on which work is continuing. The AoS will be published later in the year in order to inform the formal public consultation which we expect to launch in the autumn. The Government will write to the owners of relevant properties at this time. Additional design work will be required to refine HS2 Ltd's proposals, and this would be likely to reduce the number of properties affected.

Railways: Construction

Tony Baldry: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will send a copy of the consultation document on the Exceptions Hardship Scheme for the London-Birmingham high speed rail link to  (a) each franchise that his Department considers may qualify for the scheme and  (b) each parish council in which one or more such household is located.

Chris Mole: holding answer 30 March 2010
	Copies of the consultation document on the proposed Exceptional Hardship Scheme have been sent to the parties listed at Annex B in the consultation document. The National Association of Local Councils, which represents the 8,500 town and parish councils in England, was sent copies of the consultation materials. Any interested party can respond to the consultation.
	Copies of the consultation document are available on the Department for Transport's website at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2010-18/
	and can be ordered free of charge from DfT Publications (0300 123 1102) or
	www.dft.gov.uk/foi/dftps/howtoobtaindftpublications/form

Sea Rescue: Flamborough Head

Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the works required to make Flamborough Head coastguard station compliant with safety regulations.

Paul Clark: Following a recent inspection by the local fire and rescue service, the estimated cost to improve safety in the Flamborough Head property is £4,200. The cost to install an external fire escape to the three storey property is in the region of £20,000.

Thameslink Railway Line

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the merits of the provision of more than one additional train maintenance depot for Thameslink stations. [R]

Chris Mole: The Thameslink Programme will enable the operation of a high frequency service through central London to destinations both North and South of London. In recognition of this, the train maintenance strategy is based on there being two new depots, one North of London and the other South of London. A two depot strategy will provide the most efficient means of servicing the new Thameslink fleet.

Transport: Sustainable Development

Owen Paterson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions he has had with representatives of  (a) Shropshire council and  (b) Advantage West Midlands on his Department's review, Delivering a sustainable transport system.

Sadiq Khan: I meet the chair of Advantage West Midlands (AWM) from time to time to discuss 'Delivering a Sustainable Transport System' and other matters.
	Officials from my Department and from Government offices also meet regularly with representatives of both AWM and Shropshire council.

Olympic Games 2012: Birmingham

Richard Burden: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what steps she is taking to ensure that Birmingham obtains a legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.

Tessa Jowell: The Government and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have established the Nations and Regions Group to ensure UK-wide engagement and to maximise the legacy for London 2012. This group works directly with representatives from each of the nations and English regions to maximise the sporting, economic, and cultural benefits of the 2012 games. Some examples of how Birmingham and the West Midlands region are benefiting from the games are given as follows.
	Both the American and Jamaican track and field teams will be based in Birmingham in the run up to the games.
	West Midlands businesses are already benefiting from the games. To date, 213 businesses in the region have won contracts through CompeteFor. To date 53 businesses have won direct contracts with the Olympic Delivery Authority. This includes a contract for the construction of the Olympic Park's primary sewer and pumping station, and for the manufacture and installation the security fence and gates around the park.
	The region has been awarded 20 Inspire Marks, the non-commercial brand for programmes inspired by the games. So far, the West Midlands region has also had over 1,046 schools register on 'Get Set', LOCOG's domestic education programme for London 2012.
	Over £6 million worth of funding has been secured to support an extensive programme of events and cultural activity across the West Midlands region in the run up to 2012 including £2.2 million from the Legacy Trust to fund programmes to bring people together for community activities of all kinds.

Olympic Games 2012: Tickets

Ian Davidson: To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether ballot arrangements for tickets for events in the London 2012 Olympics will prioritise allocations to  (a) UK taxpayers and  (b) UK residents; what obligations there are upon the organisers in respect of EU citizens and ballot arrangements; by what mechanism priority in ticket allocation will be given to those who have provided funding for the Games; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd. (LOCOG) is responsible for ticketing for the London 2012 games. LOCOG's ticketing plan will ensure that it raises the funds to stage the games and that it provides affordable and accessible tickets to deliver full venues.
	Under EU competition law, LOCOG must ensure that all EU citizens, including UK residents, are given fair and equitable opportunities to purchase London 2012 tickets.
	LOCOG has committed to making 75 per cent. of London 2012 tickets available via a public ballot process. The ballot will be open to all residents of the EU but LOCOG's promotional work around ticketing will be focused on the UK. LOCOG has already launched 'Sign-Up' encouraging all UK residents to register their details to receive information on ticket opportunities in advance of tickets going on sale in 2011. I hope all Members of the House will encourage their constituents to sign-up to receive this information and to enter the ballot in 2011.

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Hotels

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 10 February 2010,  Official Report, column 1008W, on hotels, for what dates each of the five star hotels were booked; and the name of each of the senior officials in whose name the bookings were made.

Maria Eagle: The dates of stays in five star hotels are shown as follows.
	
		
			  Date of stay  Number of nights 
			 8 July 2008 1 
			 6 October 2008 1 
			 6 October 2008 1 
			 8 October 2008 1 
			 30 April 2008 2 
			 19 January 2009 1 
			 16 July 2008 1 
			 17 June 2008 2 
			 16 February 2009 1 
			 16 February 2009 2 
			 16 February 2009 1 
			 16 February 2009 1 
			 16 February 2009 1 
		
	
	The names of the staff are confidential but the grades of the staff staying and number of bookings were as follows:
	
		
			   Number of bookings 
			 Group Director 1 
			 Director 5 
			 Level 5 3 
			 Level 4 2 
			 Level 3 1 
			 Level 2 1 
			 Level 1 (support worker) 1 
			 Investigating Commissioner 1

Public Duty Costs Allowance

John Mason: To ask the Leader of the House 
	(1)  how much in public duty costs allowance has been paid to former Prime Ministers in each year since 1991;
	(2)  what the limit is of the public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers; and when that limit will next be reviewed;
	(3)  what rules apply to claims made by former Prime Ministers from the public duty costs allowance;
	(4)  which office administers the public duty costs allowance for former Prime Ministers; and what checks are made to ensure that claims against the allowance meet the criteria for funding from the allowance;
	(5)  what guidance is provided to former Prime Ministers on claiming from the public duty costs allowance; and if she will place a copy of that guidance in the Library.

Tessa Jowell: I have been asked to reply.
	The public duties cost allowance which is administered by the Cabinet Office, is paid in respect of office and secretarial expenses incurred by former Prime Ministers in connection with their public duties. All claims must be supported by documentary evidence. The allowance is not payable if the former Prime Minister is occupying the position of Leader of the Opposition. The allowance is linked to the ceiling of the centralised arrangements for payment of staff and secretarial support for MPs with London constituencies.
	Information on payments before the 1997-98 financial year is obtainable only at disproportionate cost. The total amount reimbursed each year, on a cash basis, on the public duties costs allowance is:
	
		
			   Maximum allowance which can be claimed by each former Prime Minister (£)  Total claimed by former Prime Ministers (£) 
			 1997-98 47,568 171,827 
			 1998-99 49,232 175,402 
			 1999-2000 50,264 171,984 
			 2000-01 51,572 167,955 
			 2001-02 52,760 186,922 
			 2002-03 72,310 278,615 
			 2003-04 74,985 235,809 
			 2004-05 77,534 274,794 
			 2005-06 84,081 294,546 
			 2006-07 87,276 244,638 
			 2007-08 90,505 174,551 
			 2008-09 100,205 190,888

Prisons: Mental Health Services

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on mental health services for prisoners in each  (a) prison and  (b) health authority area in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many prisoners received such treatment in each such year.

Paul Goggins: Matters relating to all aspects of prisoners' health care in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety which falls within the remit of the devolved Northern Ireland Administration.

Opposition

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has undertaken costings of the policies of the  (a) Conservative Party and  (b) Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

Michael Wills: I refer the hon. Member to answer given by my hon. Friend, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry) on 30 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1044W.

Prisoners: Mobile Phones

David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to pornographic or violent images discovered on telephones seized from inmates in prisons in England and Wales in the last 12 months;
	(2)  whether his Department has evidence of the transfer of violent or pornographic images from telephone to telephone by inmates in prisons in England and Wales.

Maria Eagle: The court proceedings database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. The court proceedings database does not hold specific information on offences beyond descriptions provided by the statutes under which prosecutions are brought. Information available centrally on defendant's proceeded against does not identify if the defendant is a prisoner. While data are extracted from mobile phones by a central unit, action taken as a result of that data is a matter for individual establishments and their partners. This is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	David Blakey's report and the Government response were published on 7 July 2008. The report emphasised the difficulties inherent in reducing contraband supply in prisons, and highlighted the link between drug supply and mobile phone availability in prisons.
	Good progress has been made in implementing Blakey's recommendations and the Government are committed to reducing the number of mobile phones in prisons and addressing the risks that mobile phones present both to prison security and to the safety of the public. We have implemented a strategy to minimise the number of mobile phones entering prisons, to find phones that do get in and to disrupt mobile phones that cannot be found.
	As part of this we have already strengthened the law through the Offender Management Act 2007, which made it an offence with a penalty of up to two years' imprisonment to bring a mobile phone or component into a prison. We are also taking forward legislation to criminalise the possession of devices including mobile telephones within a prison without authorisation.
	Due to the covert nature of mobile phone use in prisons, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is not able to estimate the number of mobile phones or component parts in circulation. NOMS is also unable to assess their usage.
	Prisons in England and Wales are instructed to send mobile phones and SIM cards found to a central unit and the data extracted from these mobile phones are then shared with establishments so that appropriate action can be taken locally. A record of these local actions is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Prisons: Organised Crime

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people convicted of offences relating to involvement in organised crime were in prison when charged with those offences in each of the last three years.

Maria Eagle: The data requested are not held.
	There is no list of offences that relate to involvement in organised crime. Therefore, to provide these data would require an investigation into each individual conviction where the offender was in prison custody when charged, and in many cases a subjective assessment as to whether the offence related to serious organised crime. This would be at disproportionate cost.
	The National Offender Management Service is also fully engaged in action to address serious and organised crime strategically, including the work identified in the Government report 'Extending Our Reach: A Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Serious Organised Crime' to develop a strategy to manage serious organised criminals while in prison.

Prisons: Organised Crime

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate the Prison Service has made of the incidence of organised crime carried out by serving prisoners over the last three years.

Maria Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 30 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1086W.
	Covert criminal activity is, of its nature, very difficult to quantify. Prisons have a well established security information reporting framework. Where concerns are identified about a prisoner's potential criminal activity, prisons can draw on a range of measures to identify and disrupt that activity.
	The National Offender Management Service is also fully engaged in action to address serious and organised crime strategically, including the work identified in the Government report 'Extending Our Reach: A Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Serious Organised Crime' to develop a strategy to manage serious organised criminals while in prison.

Prisons: Organised Crime

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were charged with a serious crime carried out while they were in prison in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: While the number of serious offences, as defined by Schedule 1 to the Serious Crime Act 2007, are recorded, data as to whether the offender was imprisoned at the time of charge are not held. To provide the data would require an investigation into each such offence, which would be at disproportionate cost.
	The National Offender Management Service is also fully engaged in action to address serious and organised crime strategically, including the work identified in the Government report "Extending Our Reach: A Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Serious Organised Crime" to develop a strategy to manage serious organised criminals whilst in prison.

Tribunals: Disability Living Allowance

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many appeal tribunals relating to disability living allowance took place in each of the smallest administrative areas for which figures are available in each of the last five years.

Bridget Prentice: The Tribunals Service is only able to provide figures for each administrative area from 2007-08. Prior to this, disability living allowance appeals were administered by the Appeals Service, an agency of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP is unable to break down its figures in the way the hon. Member has requested.
	The First-tier Tribunal-Social Security and Child Support has seven administrative centres across the country. The following information is the most comprehensive that the Tribunals Service Management Information system can provide.
	
		
			  Disability living allowance: clearances at hearing by centre 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 (up to 28 February 2010)( 1) 
			 Birmingham (East and West Midlands and East of England Government Office Regions) and (London Government(2) Office Region) * * 6,445 8,846 9,054 
			 Cardiff (Wales) and South West Government Office Region * * 7,931 7,285 7,269 
			 Glasgow (Scotland) * * 9,601 8,220 6,803 
			 Leeds (Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region) * * 5,095 5,382 4,330 
			 North West (North West Government Office Region) * * 8,034 8,563 8,090 
			 Newcastle (North East Government Office Region) * * 3,535 3,452 3,228 
			 Nottingham(3) * * 12,847 8,824 5,021 
			 Sutton(4) (South East and London(2) Government Office Regions) * * 4,342 3,308 4,282 
			 Total 71,125 65,088 57,830 53,880 48,077 
			 "*" = Figures for April 2006 to March 2007 are unavailable. (1) Figures provided for April 2009 to February 2010 are provisional and subject to further change. (2) Covers whole of Government Office Region London except Hillingdon, Harrow, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Islington, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Hackney which are covered by Birmingham. (3) The Nottingham office transferred its caseload which covered the East Midlands, East of England and part of the London region (see 2 above) to the Birmingham office on 18 December 2009. (4) Prior to 29 June 2009, part of Sutton's caseload was administered by the Nottingham office and is included in the Nottingham figures up until that date.  Notes: 1. Figures provided for financial years April 2007 to February 2010 were extracted from GAPS 2 (Generic Appeals Processing System) Statistical Summary Reports dated 25 March 2010. 2. Figures prior to April 2007 supplied by DWP. From April 2006 there was a transitional period when DWP recorded data on more than one computer system (GAPS 1 and GAPS 2). Some information was not updated on the system and as a result a breakdown by area is not available.

Departmental Food

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account her Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Department does not procure food directly, but has a contract for the provision of fully serviced accommodation which includes catering. The contract is with Telereal Trillium and their catering services supplier is Eurest (part of the Compass Group UK and Ireland). Since 2003, the Department has been working with these suppliers, actively pursuing a Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative action plan and one of the key objectives of this initiative is to raise farming standards.
	Compass Group has confirmed that they endorse the Farm Animal Welfare Council's Five Freedoms concept and provide full traceability of products and suppliers within their approved supply chain to ensure animals reared for meat, fish, milk and eggs are raised to high standards of animal welfare.
	Compass Group has also confirmed a long-standing commitment to source its seafood as sustainably as possible. They were the first foodservice company to achieve the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification enabling them to serve certified sustainable, MSC labelled seafood choices. Within the DWP contract many of their sites are buying products to these standards and promotional activities are run to encourage DWP staff to purchase the more ethically sourced products.

Departmental Internet

Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1023W, on departmental internet, what the cost was of the website redesign.

Jim Knight: The cost of the DWP Corporate website redesign was £216,000. The website was redesigned as part of our response to the Sir David Varney transformational government recommendations that customer facing content should move to Directgov and employer facing content to Business Link. We therefore redesigned the corporate site for its refined corporate audience and removed all customer facing content, while at the same time implementing new Cabinet Office guidelines for Government websites.

Employment Schemes: Birmingham

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Birmingham have received  (a) the in-work credit,  (b) the return to work credit and  (c) pathways to work since that scheme was introduced.

Helen Goodman: 1,480 lone parents in the Birmingham local authority area have received in-work credit since it became available there in April 2008.
	15,190 individuals received provider led Pathways to Work support in the Birmingham local authority area up to the end of July 2009.
	1,120 individuals received the return to work credit in the Birmingham local authority area up to the end of October 2009.

Employment Schemes: Voluntary Organisations

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the likely effects on the voluntary sector of the decision to reduce the number of prime contractors under the Work Choice Programme.

Jonathan R Shaw: Smaller, specialist organisations including those from the faith based, voluntary and third sector already play an important role in delivering support to our customers. For example, as of 1 March 2010, 29 per cent. of the Department's Welfare to Work contracts were with providers from the third sector, compared to 38 per cent. from the private sector and 33 per cent. from the public sector.
	As we move to longer, larger contracts with prime contractors, it is important that we do all we can to ensure that organisations from the voluntary and third sector are engaged and made aware of the opportunities to work as sub-contractors/partners with the prime contractors. Prime contractors will be expected to ensure that DWP provision is joined up with local partnership arrangements, working with smaller, specialist providers many of whom will be third sector or voluntary organisations dealing with disadvantaged groups in the local area.
	Specifically, as part of the procurement of the Work Choice programme, DWP established a database to facilitate the networking between prospective prime contractors and delivery partners. This was published on the DWP website; updated on an ongoing basis and included the contact details of all organisations who agreed to have these details published. Additionally, two events took place in September 2009, to further facilitate networking between potential prime providers and those organisations seeking to deliver at sub-contractor level. Nearly 600 people attended these events.
	DWP are taking every public and private opportunity to stress to potential Prime providers that they are taking a keen interest in observing how organisations are taking forward their partnering strategies and the care with which they are engaging with third sector organisations.

Future Jobs Fund

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs in each employment sector  (a) were originally expected to be created by Future Job Fund funding and  (b) are expected to be created as a result of successful bids for such funding.

Jim Knight: The Future Jobs Fund does not include targets for the creation of jobs in specific sectors. The Future Jobs Fund is a challenge fund and we are therefore unable to provide any detail about the volumes of jobs that might be created in each sector.
	The Department and HMT agreed an aspiration of creating 10,000 'green jobs' through the Future Jobs Fund. This includes jobs in environmental sectors, renewable energy technologies, and emerging low-carbon sectors.
	Of the 117,000 Future Jobs Fund jobs we've agreed to fund to date, around 17,000 have been green jobs.

New Deal for Young People

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of  (a) early and  (b) normal entrants to the New Deal for Young People left in order to take up employment in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The jobseeker support regime delivered by Jobcentre Plus has been very successful and the new deal programmes have helped some 2.25 million people into work since they were introduced in 1998. This includes 915,650 jobseekers who have been helped into work by the new deal for young people.
	None the less, the labour market has changed significantly over the last decade and the programme needs to evolve to ensure it is ready for the challenges of the next 10 years. This is why we are introducing the refreshed jobseekers regime and the flexible new deal which will offer a four-stage programme of support, with increasing levels of customer responsibility at each stage.
	The introduction of the flexible new deal will support the Government's aim of helping more people secure sustained employment through tailored, flexible help and support, particularly for people who experience repeated cycles of unemployment.
	Implementation of the new jobseekers regime and the flexible new deal began in April 2009 as part of a phased approach across the country. This programme will be available to jobseekers in most areas of the country by October 2010.
	The recording of destinations of new deal participants in 2009 has been affected by the transition to the refreshed jobseeker's allowance and flexible new deal.
	The information requested is shown in the following tables:
	
		
			  Leavers from the new deal for young people (early entrants) 
			  Destinations from 2004 up to August 2009 (latest data available) 
			  Calendar year  Number  to employment  Proportion of entrants (percentage) 
			 2004 17,000 45.6 
			 2005 13,690 40.3 
			 2006 11,140 36.0 
			 2007 12,030 35.8 
			 2008 11,110 34.1 
			 2009(1) 7,680 24.8 
		
	
	
		
			  Leavers from the new deal for young people (other than early entrants) 
			  Destinations from 2004 up to Augu st 2009 (latest data available)- number 
			  Calendar year  Number to employment  Proportion of entrants (percentage) 
			 2004 53,730 40.8 
			 2005 43,830 36.7 
			 2006 51,560 35.4 
			 2007 57,490 35.8 
			 2008 41,920 33.1 
			 2009(1) 33,360 24.8 
			 (1) The 2009 figures are to August 2009 only, the last month for which figures are available.  Notes: 1. Definitions and conventions: Case load figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are rounded to one decimal point. 2. Those not recorded as leaving the new deal programmes to take up employment include those leaving to benefits, people who have gone abroad, people who have taken up jobs without notifying the jobcentre, or those who have left and not notified Jobcentre Plus of their destination. 3. The employment category includes leavers for whom information indicated that they had both a job start and a new benefit claim within two weeks of leaving new deal.  Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate

New Deal Schemes: Birmingham

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding in total has been received under New Deal programmes for  (a) young people,  (b) 25+,  (c) 50+,  (d) lone parents,  (e) partners and  (f) disabled people in Birmingham; and how many people in Birmingham have received assistance from each such scheme.

Jim Knight: The most recent data can be found in the following table.
	
		
			  Programme funding and New Deal starters in Birmingham and Solihull district 
			  Programme  2008-09 Outturn (£ million)  2008-09 Starts 
			 New Deal for Young People 5.004 7,150 
			 New Deal for 25 Plus 1.866 2,200 
			 New Deal for Lone Parents 1.590 5,400 
			 New Deal for Partners - 0 
			 New Deal for Disabled People - 0 
			 Total 8.461 14,800 
			  Notes 1. Figures may not sum due to rounding 2. The figures only reflect provision costs and spend on in work training grants there is no estimation of the costs of Jobcentre Plus adviser time which is substantial for some programmes. 3. New Deal for Young People and New Deal for 25 Plus figures for funding include New Deal for the Self Employed and New Deal for Musicians. 4. New Deal for 50 Plus spend and starts are incorporated in the New Deal for 25 Plus figures. 5. Funding for the New Deal for Disabled People is not available below national level. This figure is published in the Departmental Report 2009, which is available in the Library. 6. Because of the small numbers involved, we do not have reliable data for the starts and spend for the New Deal for Partners in this district. National data are published in the Departmental Report 2009, which is available in the Library. 7. Starts figures are rounded to the nearest 50. 8. Latest data on starters are from the introduction of the New Deal programmes to August 2009. 9. New Deal for Disabled People starters (individuals) data are not available; Job Broker Registrations (individuals) has been used instead. 10. Spells (period of time spent on the programme) are not available for New Deal for 50 Plus and New Deal for Partners so individual level data are used instead. Spells data is used for New Deal for Young People, New Deal for 25 Plus and New Deal for Lone Parents.  Source : Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. 
		
	
	The jobseeker support regime delivered by Jobcentre Plus has been very successful and the New Deal programme has helped more than 2.25 million people into work since it was introduced in 1998.

Social Security Benefits: Disabled

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people are in receipt of the  (a) (i) care and (ii) mobility component of disability living allowance and  (b) attendance allowance in the (A) South West and (B) UK.

Jonathan R Shaw: The information is in the tables.
	
		
			  Disability living allowance :  cases in payment - care award type by south-west Government office region 
			   Higher rate  Middle rate  Lower rate  Nil rate  Total 
			 GB caseloads 710,110 1,021,440 859,510 502,050 3,093,090 
			 GB proportions (percentage) 1.2 1.7 1.4 0.8 5.2 
			 South-west caseloads 45,970 81,290 66,250 37,070 230,580 
			 South-west proportions (percentage) 0.9 1.6 1.3 0.7 4.4 
		
	
	
		
			  Disability living allowance: cases in payment-mobility award type by south-west Government office region 
			   Higher rate  Lower rate  Nil rate  Total 
			 GB caseloads 1,763,930 923,250 405,910 3,093,090 
			 GB proportions (percentage) 3.0 1.5 0.7 5.2 
			 South-west caseloads 124,510 71,030 35,040 230,580 
			 South-west proportions (percentage) 2.4 1.4 0.7 4.4 
		
	
	
		
			  Attendance allowance: cases in payment-care award type in south-west Government office region 
			   Higher rate  Lower rate  Total 
			 GB caseloads 896,750 708,380 1,605,120 
			 GB proportions (percentage) 1.5 1.2 2.7 
			 South West caseloads 72,570 92,600 165,170 
			 South West proportions (percentage) 1.4 1.8 3.2 
			  Notes: 1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. " -" = Nil or negligible, n/a = Not applicable. 2. Cases in payment show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 3. Recipients of disability living allowance can be in receipt of both the care and mobility component.  Source: DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

State Retirement Pensions

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of recipients of the state second pension whose entitlement includes years past 2002 when they were in receipt of incapacity benefit; how much extra state second pension is paid per week per recipient in respect of such years; and what estimate she has made of the expenditure on such accrued rights in 2009-10.

Angela Eagle: holding answer 25 March 2010
	 State second pension expenditure in 2009-10 due to the accrual of rights via receipt of incapacity benefit is estimated at around £300 million in 2009-10 price terms.
	We are unable to provide information relating to the number of people to whom this expenditure relates or the average amounts in payment as modelling of state second pension expenditure is performed on an aggregate basis and does not take account of individual entitlements.
	In 2007-08, the latest period for which data is available, 900,000 women and 1,300,000 men of working age accrued rights to state second pension through receipt of incapacity benefit.
	 Notes:
	1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10 million.
	2. Forecasts of state second pension/state earnings related pension scheme are based on the Budget Report 2010 forecasts. Published expenditure tables can found at the following link:
	http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/medium_term.asp
	3. Figures for 2007-08 are provisional as they will be subject to change as further information about national insurance contributions becomes available.
	 Sources:
	Strategy Directorate modelling and Lifetime Labour Market Database, 2007-08.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which items of equipment procured since 2001 and made available to operations in Afghanistan were procured as part of his Department's core equipment programme.

Quentin Davies: The following table, which is based on centrally held records, lists the majority of equipment projects with a cost of £20 million or over that were procured from the core equipment programme since 2004 and made available to operations in Afghanistan. A number of equipment projects have not been included as their disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
	Details of equipment projects procured prior to 2004, and projects costing less than £20 million for the entire period covered by the question, are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Category  Equipment 
			 Land Equipment Battle Group Thermal Imaging 
			  Trojan 
			  Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV)(1) 
			  Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System 
			  Future Fire Control System 
			  Wheeled Tankers 
			  Pinzgauer 4x4 Truck Utility Medium Fitted For Radio 
			  Dismounted Counter Mine Capability-Vallon handheld mine detector 
			  Support Vehicle (SV) 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Crane Terex 35 Tonne 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Light Wheel Tractor All Arms JCB 3CX 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Light Wheeled Tractor JCB 4CX 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Medium Wheeled Tractor 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Bulldozer Cat D5N 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Heavy Well Drills 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Rough Terrain Forklift 2400 kg JCB 
			  C Vehicle PFI-Rough terrain Forklift 4000 kg JCB 
			  Operational Field Catering System (OFCS) 
			  Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar 
			   
			 Weapons Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon 
			  Javelin Follow-On Buy 
			   
			 Air Support C-17 (5th Aircraft) 
			  C-17 (6th aircraft) 
			   
			 Information Systems and Services Bowman 
			  UIC/TSC503 Transportable SATCOM Terminals 
			   
			 Helicopters Chinook Coherence 
			 (1 )The Panther CLV was procured through the core equipment programme but a number of the vehicles underwent a modification, funded as an urgent operational requirement, to enable them to operate in Afghanistan. 
		
	
	Other equipment projects are planned to be procured from the core equipment programme to be made available for operations in Afghanistan. These include land equipment, information systems and services and helicopter projects and the 7th C17. Many other equipment projects procured from the core equipment programme have delivered capability in support of other operations.

Aircraft Carriers

Ian Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what  (a) contracts and  (b) sub-contracts related to the construction of two aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy have been let; in which constituencies he expects work arising from such contracts and sub-contracts to take place; and if he will make a statement.

Quentin Davies: In July 2008, the MOD placed a contract with the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) for the manufacture of two Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carriers. Work on the QE Class Aircraft Carriers is now under way in five UK shipyards-Appledore, Rosyth, Govan, Portsmouth and Tyne, with work due to start at the sixth and final yard, Birkenhead, in the next few months.
	I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 21 January 2010,  Official Report, column 437W. An updated list of sub-contracts will be placed in the Library of the House, which includes the constituencies where work will be carried out.

Armed Forces: Health Services

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department has allocated for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers returning from active duty to  (a) England and  (b) Wales in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Kevan Jones: Financial information is not held in the format requested. Owing to the number of different internal budgets to which costs would be attributable, any detailed analysis of Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH) finances would therefore incur disproportionate costs. The majority of mental healthcare for service personnel is provided through MOD's 15 military-run DCMHs in the UK (with additional centres in Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar), which have since 2004 provided out-patient mental healthcare for members of the armed forces.
	In-patient care, when necessary, is provided in specialised Mental Health units under contract with an external provider. Between April 2004 and March 2009, this was provided by the Priory Healthcare Group, and costs in each financial year are contained in the following table:
	
		
			   Contract value (£ million) 
			 1 December 2003 to 31 March 2004 0.4 
			 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 4.2 
			 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 4.5 
			 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 3.4 
			 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 3.9 
			 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 3.3 
		
	
	These figures take into account the cost of assessing patients as well as any in-patient treatment programmes provided; the individual care needs of each patient will vary depending on their particular medical circumstances. They also include services provided by the Priory Group between 1 December 2003 and April 2004 prior to the formal contract start date.
	The contract with the Priory Group has been replaced by one awarded in November 2008 to a partnership of seven NHS trusts led by South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust. They admitted their first patients under this contract in February 2009. Costs for its first year of operation will be available in summer 2010. Prior to April 2004, in-patient care was provided at MOD's Duchess of Kent psychiatric hospital at Catterick; full historic costs back to 1997 are not available.
	The Ministry of Defence takes the mental health of its personnel very seriously. While post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious issue, and one we are making every effort to address, PTSD itself makes up only around 5 per cent. of the mental health burden of the armed forces. The majority of service personnel who do develop a mental health condition will suffer from less serious conditions, such as neurotic or adjustment disorders. But we offer assessment and treatment to individuals who might be concerned about any aspect of their mental health.
	The DCMHs are located to be convenient for major centres of military population, and support the provision of healthcare that is available through service primary care facilities. Many of the less serious mental health disorders are managed by primary care providers; sometimes cases are co-managed by DCMH staff and primary care staff.
	While there are no DCMHs located in Wales itself, we nevertheless have arrangements in place to ensure that mental healthcare can be provided conveniently and flexibly, while reflecting the number of service personnel in the principality and their wide dispersion. Staff from the DCMH at Donnington in Shropshire run regular clinics in locations which cover all the major concentrations of personnel in Wales, namely Valley, St. Athan, Brawdy and Brecon, as well as at locations on the Welsh border such as Chepstow and Hereford. They will additionally visit individual patients as required at their home or other location. Personnel based in Wales who do need to attend a DCMH will usually be referred to that at Donnington, although other units, such as those in Portsmouth and Plymouth, may be used if more convenient.

Armed Forces: Manpower

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers subject to manning control have been downgraded to Grade P 4 since 2007.

Kevan Jones: Decisions on the particular regiments and service roles on which soldier Manning Control Points will be focused have not yet been made by the Army. Each individual case will be considered on its merits, irrespective of gender.

Armed Forces: Training

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned closure of the research and assessment facility at the Defence Academy; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: The Defence Academy Research and Assessment Branch undertook broad non-technical research in an evolving range of geo-strategic studies and cross-cutting global issues which centred around Statecraft and Governance. The Academy is currently assessing how non-technical research capability can still be delivered by reviewing the arrangements that it has in place with its academic providers Cranfield University and Kings College London to optimise the Academy's research in a manner which supports its primary activity (to enhance Defence capability by providing high quality, relevant, progressive training and education underpinned by research to the four services) as well as contributing to the MOD's broader research effort.
	The Academy is also looking at closer integration with activity sponsored or conducted by the Directors Defence Studies, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and the Defence Concept and Doctrine Centre in order to mitigate any loss of capability through the closure of the research and assessment branch.

Defence Medical Services

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  which private companies Defence Medical Services uses to hire civilian medical locums to work at UK medical facilities on deployed operations;
	(2)  how many civilian medical locums have been employed by Defence Medical Services to provide support to Operation Herrick; and what the  (a) specialism,  (b) length of deployment and  (c) cost was of each such locum.

Kevan Jones: holding answer 20 March 2010
	The company with which the Defence Medical Services (DMS) holds an enabling contract for contracted medical support (nursing, medical support services and doctors) is Frontier Medical. Each deployment is ordinarily for a three month period and cover has only been required for up to eight posts at any one time.
	Set out in the following table are the total costs of the locums employed on Operation Herrick for each financial year since April 2007 to August 2009, together with the total numbers of individual personnel who have deployed at any time between the dates shown.
	
		
			  Financial year  Total individuals deployed at any time in period as civilian locums  Operation  Total cost £ million 
			 April 2007-March 2008 16 Herrick (Afghanistan) 0.612 
			 April 2008-March 2009 35 Herrick 2.34 
			 April 2009-August 2009 26 Herrick 0.79 
		
	
	The service chiefs have decided that detailed data will no longer be published where this would highlight potential pinch points within the armed forces, including the DMS. I am withholding information on pinch points as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
	In order to maintain appropriate external scrutiny of such data, the Department will continue to provide comprehensive restricted manning data to the House of Commons Defence Committee.

Defence: Scotland

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department incurred in  (a) equipment expenditure,  (b) non-equipment expenditure,  (c) service personnel costs and  (d) civil personnel costs in Scotland in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.

Bob Ainsworth: holding answer 29 March 2010
	Estimated direct Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure for Scotland in the categories requested for the years where data are available are presented in the following table:
	
		
			   2007-08 current prices (£ million) 
			  (a) Equipment expenditure 510 
			  (b) Non Equipment expenditure 280 
			  (c) Service personnel costs 590 
			  (d) Civilian personnel costs 190 
			  Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 million. 2. Figures relate to expenditure in the whole Scottish Government office region rather than to any individual military or civilian establishments. 3. Indirect expenditure, such as subcontracted work, is not reflected in the figures. 4. Personnel costs exclude contributions made by MOD to the Armed Forces Pensions Scheme and War Pensions Scheme. 
		
	
	Since 2008 the MOD has not collected estimates of regional expenditure on equipment, non-equipment, or personnel costs as they do not directly support policy making or operations. The last estimates for 2007-08 were published in UK Defence Statistics in September 2009. As a result, the complex analysis required to produce the underlying regional expenditure data is no longer performed. Information for a comparable time series beyond 2007-08 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Internet

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on  (a) strategy and planning,  (b) design and build,  (c) hosting and infrastructure,  (d) content provision and  (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and how much has been allocated for each such category of expenditure in 2009-10.

Bill Rammell: The Ministry of Defence and armed forces collectively maintain four principal websites. These sites are key channels to enable MOD to keep the public informed of Defence activities, provide information about MOD and support recruitment.
	In support of the Transformational Government agenda, we have made significant progress in rationalising other Defence websites. The closure of some 53 websites has enabled us to make savings and improve the clarity and effectiveness of the departmental web presence. A further 19 sites are committed to close by 31 March 2011.
	The four remaining principal Defence websites register a high volume of web traffic. Annual page views for the corporate MOD site, www.mod.uk, have increased by 65 per cent. from 2006-09, from 17.5 million to 29 million.
	Annual unique visitor numbers for www.mod.uk have increased by 34 per cent. over the same period, from 3.2 million to 4.3 million.
	Expenditure for the four remaining principle sites over the last three financial years is summarised in the following table. Expenditure on these has increased while other websites have closed. Expenditure breakdown by category is not available for these financial years as this requirement was not introduced until 1 April 2009, when the Measuring Website Costs: TG128 guidance issued by the Central Office of Information (COI) came into effect. It should be noted that the expenditure figures shown are not directly comparable year on year as costs were captured differently in each year.
	
		
			  £ 
			   Financial year 
			  Website  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 MOD corporate website: www.mod.uk 177,875 325,600 464,853 
			 Royal Navy: www.royalnavy.mod.uk 270,000 283,000 283,000 
			 British Army: www.army.mod.uk 235,000 426,500 501,814 
			 Royal Air Force: www.raf.mod.uk 173,859 155,000 425,241 
		
	
	Projected expenditure broken down by category for the 2009-10 financial year for the four principal websites is detailed in the following table. Figures are exclusive of internal staff costs.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Website  Strategy and planning  Design and build  Hosting and infrastructure  Content provision  Testing and evaluation  Total 
			 Ministry of Defence: www.mod.uk 0 (1)417,900 126,000 (2)292 8,070 (1)552,262 
			 Royal Navy: www.royalnavy.mod.uk 100,000 (3)74,000 109,000 0 (4)- 283,000 
			 British Army: www.army.mod.uk 15,875 24,870 118,651 (2)1,704 25,300 186,400 
			 Royal Air Force: www.raf.mod.uk 22,085 147,691 49,675 0 2,938 222,389 
			 (1) This figure also includes expenditure on MOD's internal Defence intranet. (2) Translation services. (3) Includes testing and evaluation. (4) Included in design and build. 
		
	
	A number of other websites are run by different parts of the Ministry of Defence, but these are not managed centrally. Information on these sites could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Pay

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total work force they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.

Bob Ainsworth: An element of the Ministry of Defence overall pay award is allocated to non-consolidated variable pay related to performance. Non-consolidated variable pay awards are funded from within existing pay bill controls, and have to be re-earned each year against pre-determined targets and, as such, do not add to future pay bill costs.
	For details on the maximum and average payments for staff in the senior civil service (SCS) I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr. Leech) on 26 January 2010,  Official Report, column 796W. These are also the maximum payments made to any MOD civil servant. In 2006-07, 271 SCS staff were eligible for a non-consolidated performance payment. 181 received one. In 2007-08, 266 were eligible and 186 received an award. In 2008-09, 268 were eligible and 187 received an award.
	For staff below the SCS, performance awards are paid to those who meet the eligibility criteria. Higher levels of award are available for those who have contributed most to the business. These awards are distributed on the basis of relative assessment among peers and are designed to encourage continuous high attainment against stretching objectives. All MOD broader banded and Skill Zone staff below the SCS are eligible for a non-consolidated performance payment. The majority of MOD civilian staff earn less than £20,000 per year.
	The MOD also operates an in year non-consolidated payment scheme-the Special Bonus Scheme-which rewards eligible MOD civilians for exceptional performance in a specific task or for the achievement of a professional qualification the use of which benefits MOD and the individual. Additionally Ministry of Defence police officers may be awarded a payment for exceptional performance when dealing with particularly demanding, unpleasant, or important one-off tasks or situations.
	The following tables detail how many people received a non-consolidated performance related pay award (both in year and end of year), and the proportion of the total work force they represented, for the five most recent financial years.
	
		
			  Number of staff receiving a bonus payment 
			  Number 
			   Performance award  Special bonus 
			 2004-05 36,195 10,074 
			 2005-06 38,962 10,131 
			 2006-07 46,592 8,747 
			 2007-08 54,881 6,997 
			 2008-09 62,261 9,679 
		
	
	
		
			  Proportion of the work force receiving an award 
			  Percentage 
			   Performance award  Special bonus 
			 2004-05 37.1 10.3 
			 2005-06 40.7 10.6 
			 2006-07 51.4 9.6 
			 2007-08 65.4 8.3 
			 2008-09 79.3 12.3 
			  Note: The criteria for awarding performance-related pay has changed significantly during the period 2004-05 to 2008-09. It is therefore difficult to make direct comparisons of the annual figures although the trend has been towards more civil servants receiving smaller individual performance related payments. 
		
	
	For the total amount of bonuses paid to all civilian staff, I refer the hon. Member to the ministerial correction dated 25 March 2010,  Official Report, columns 3-4 MC.
	This response excludes information on staff below the SCS in MOD Trading Funds, which have separate pay delegations.

Departmental Security

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date his Department ceased to maintain a database of passes issued to major defence contractors.

Kevan Jones: The Ministry of Defence has never maintained a comprehensive database of passes issued to Defence contractors for the whole of the Defence estate. The information is not held centrally and could therefore be provided only at disproportionate cost. For information about passes issued to employees of private defence companies for access to London buildings, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 29 March 2010,  Official Report, columns 641-42W.

Falkland Islands: Land Mines

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Government expects full mine clearance in the Falkland Islands to be completed; and what relevant contracts to effect such clearance have been entered into.

Bill Rammell: The UK was granted a 10-year extension to its obligations under the Ottawa convention in November 2008. De-mining of the Falkland Islands therefore has to be completed by March 2019.
	The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is currently funding a four-site de-mining programme in the Falkland Islands. Clearance of these sites started in December 2009 and is expected to complete by July 2010. To date over 1,100 mines have been located and destroyed. Analysis of this project will inform future clearance work.

Future Rapid Effect System

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what export potential was claimed by  (a) BAE Systems and  (b) General Dynamics as part of their proposals to upgrade the Future Rapid Effects System armoured reconnaissance vehicle contract.

Quentin Davies: Neither BAE Global Combat Systems or General Dynamics UK made any specific claims with regard to export potential as part of their tender for the Specialist Vehicle programme.

Military Bases

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current estimated monetary value is of the property comprising  (a) Naval Base Clyde,  (b) Royal Marines Condor,  (c) RAF Leuchars,  (d) 2nd Division HQ Craigiehall,  (e) Defence Estates Hebrides and  (f) Fort George; and how much his Department plans to spend on redevelopment at each of these bases.

Kevan Jones: Details of all Ministry of Defence holdings over £1 million, together with their latest asset valuations can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, on HM Treasury's website
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_investment_nar_2007_index.htm
	It will take a little more time to collect and verify information relating to how much the Department plans to spend on redevelopment at each base. I will write to the hon. Member.
	We are interpreting DE Hebrides as referring principally to Ministry of Defence sites at Benbecula and St. Kilda and a few other locations.
	 Substantive answer from Kevan Jones to Angus Robertson:
	In my answers of 9 February (Official Report, column 814W-815W) I undertook to write to you with details of how much the Ministry of Defence (MOD) plans to spend on the redevelopment of various bases in Great Britain.
	Work is currently underway at the MOD'S Hebrides Range to assess the investment required to maintain its capability. Until this work is complete, for which a deadline has not been set, any anticipated redevelopment expenditure cannot be identified. Also, no redevelopment work is planned at RAF Brampton as it is due to close in 2012.
	For the remaining sites, the forecasted expenditure for the next five years on work that is considered to be redevelopment is as follows:
	
		
			  MOD site  Total forecasted expenditure (£ million) 
			 Naval Base Clyde 101.6 
			 Royal Marines Condor 12.6 
			 HM Naval Base Devonport 39.0 
			 HM Naval Base Portsmouth 166.2 
			 Fort George 0.1 
			 2nd Div HQ Craigiehall 15 
			 RAF Leuchars 112.4 
			 RAF Valley 16.9 
			 RAF Marham 47.8 
			 RAF Honington 13.8 
			 RAF Wittering 35.3 
			 RAF Wattisham 0.8 
			 RAF Northolt 25.4 
			 RAF High Wycombe 35.4 
			 RAF Brize Norton 216.0 
			 RAF Leeming 29.4

Council Tax

Philip Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average council tax bill on a Band D home  (a) was in 1997-98 and  (b) will be in 2010-11 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms in 2010 prices.

Barbara Follett: The average Band D council tax in England in 1997-98 was £688 and will be £1,439 in 2010-11. The figure for 1997-98, in real terms based on April 2009 prices, is £931.
	It is not possible to express this figure in April 2010 prices as the relevant deflator is not yet available.

Council Tax

Philip Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average Band D fire precept on council tax bills was in  (a) England and  (b) each individual local authority in (i) 1998-99 and (ii) 2010-11 in (A) cash terms and (B) real terms in 2010 prices.

Barbara Follett: I have today placed in the Library of the House, a table showing the average band D council tax precept collected by billing authorities on behalf of fire authorities in 1998-99 and to be collected in 2010-11. Figures for 1998-99 at April 2009 prices are also shown. It is not possible to express these figures in April 2010 prices as the relevant deflator is not yet available. All the figures are shown in £ sterling.
	Data are only shown for those authorities that collected, or will collect, a precept on behalf of the fire authority responsible for their area in either 1998-99 or in 2010-11. From 1 April 2004 combined fire authorities in shire areas became major precepting authorities, having previously been financed by payments from county and unitary councils in their area. Where an authority is not listed this is because the fire service is still run directly by the county council, and so they do not levy a separate fire precept on the billing authority.
	In 1998-99 London authorities separately reported the band D council tax precept they collected on behalf of the London fire brigade. In 2010-11 this could not be separately identified from the general GLA precept.

Departmental Internet

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many complaints his Department received regarding difficulties using it's website in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Barbara Follett: The Department does not keep records of complaints received regarding the operation of its website.

Housing Revenue Accounts

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much will be provided in management and maintenance grants and major repairs allowance in the Housing Revenue Account determination settlement for 2010.

John Healey: The expenditure allowances, based upon assumed stock levels, in the HRA Subsidy Determination 2010-11 are maintenance £1.22 billion; management £2.10 billion; and major repairs £1.27 billion.

Infrastructure Planning Commission

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which commissioners have been appointed to the Infrastructure Planning Commission to date; and what criteria he used in deciding on each appointment.

John Healey: 26 Commissioners, including the Chair and two Deputy Chairs have been appointed to the Infrastructure Planning Commission, the majority of whom are on call-off contracts. These appointments have been made following an open and transparent recruitment process and represent a range of expertise. A list of the appointees with attached biographies has been placed in the Library of the House, along with details of the selection criteria employed. The IPC website also contains details of all those appointed.
	We also anticipate announcing the appointment of a further 13 Commissioners, again on a call-off contract basis, shortly.

Non-Domestic Rates

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average business rate charge was in each billing authority in  (a) 2009-10 and  (b) 2010-11 in (i) real terms in 2010 prices and (ii) cash terms.

Barbara Follett: We do not hold figures for the average bill paid by an individual business for national non-domestic rates. However, I have today placed in the Library of the House a table containing, for 2009-10, the figures derived from dividing the net rate yield from local authorities' rating lists by the number of hereditaments on the local list as at 31 December of the previous year.
	The data are taken from the national non-domestic rates (NNDR1) budget forms completed annually by all billing authorities in England.
	Data for 2010-11 are not yet available.
	Comparisons with previous years may not be valid as the rateable values for individual properties, and hence actual rates bills, vary greatly. In addition, the number of hereditaments in an authority may change from year to year. Also comparisons between authorities may not be valid as the data for an authority may be affected by a small number of large hereditaments.

Non-Domestic Rates

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 6 July 2009,  Official Report, column 605W, on non-domestic rates, what projection has been made of the  (a) change in rateable value on the ratings list resulting from rateable value appeals and  (b) the amount of fees payable by those appealing against their rateable value in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

Barbara Follett: No projection has been made of the change in rateable value on the ratings list resulting from appeals. However, for the purpose of modelling the 2010 Transitional Relief scheme, my Department has made an assumption about the total reduction in RV as a result of appeals.
	The assumptions used for this modelling are detailed in the consultation document titled The transitional arrangements for the non-domestic rating revaluation 2010 in England. The methodology and assumptions can be found on page 49 of the consultation. A copy of the consultation document is available at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/nndrrevaluation2010
	There are no fees payable to valuation officers for making proposals challenging rateable values. Nor are there hearing fees payable should the proposal become an appeal to the Valuation Tribunal for England. Many ratepayers choose to employ the services of a professional representative to handle their rating liability. This is a personal matter between ratepayer and representative.

World Urban Forum

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who represented his Department at the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro in March 2010; and whether his Department allocated funding to that forum.

Rosie Winterton: No one from the Department for Communities and Local Government attended this year's World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, nor was any money allocated to the event.

Government Communications Review

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which recommendations made in the report of the Phillis Review on government communication have not been implemented to date.

Tessa Jowell: Government communications have changed fundamentally over the past five years. Substantial progress has been made towards implementing the findings of the Phillis Review and all the key recommendations have been taken forward, except for Recommendation 10.1 calling for on camera lobby briefings, which was not implemented. Briefings are off the camera but on the record, a record of the briefings is available on the PM's website the same day.

Opposition

Nick Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether her Department has undertaken costings of the policies of the  (a) Conservative Party and  (b) Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry) on 30 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1044W.

Carbon Emissions

Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK of a reduction in the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 42 per cent. by 2020.

Joan Ruddock: holding answer 29 March 2010
	In July last year we published a Low Carbon Transition Plan and an accompanying analytical annex that set out how we would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet our carbon budgets and the cost to the UK of doing so, consistent with reducing emissions by 34 per cent. by 2020. Were we to move to a higher target and set new carbon budgets consistent with that, then the Climate Change Act requires that we publish our proposals and policies for delivering those emissions reductions as soon as is practicable following the setting of new budgets in legislation.

Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many  (a) disciplinary and  (b) capability procedures have been (i) initiated and (ii) completed in his Department in each year since its inception; how much time on average was taken to complete each type of procedure in each such year; how many and what proportion of his Department's staff were subject to each type of procedure in each such year; and how many and what proportion of each type of procedure resulted in the dismissal of the member of staff.

Joan Ruddock: No records are collated centrally regarding how many procedures have been initiated in the Department since its creation in October 2008.
	We are unable to provide the number of staff dismissed (all reasons) under section 40 of the Data protection Act

Departmental Internet

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many complaints his Department received regarding difficulties using it's website in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.

Joan Ruddock: None.

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps the High Commission in Pakistan has taken to obtain consular access to Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: Our high commission in Islamabad has continued to make representations to the national and provincial authorities in Pakistan with regard to gaining consular access to Mr. Sheikh. The most recent diplomatic notes requesting access were submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in August 2009 and April 2010. High level requests for consular access to Mr. Sheikh have also been made by my hon. Friend the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister with responsibility for consular matters (Gillian Merron) during a visit to Pakistan in February 2009 and, along with other cases, by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary in a letter to Pakistani Foreign Minster Qureshi on 7 December 2009 which was delivered by our high commissioner. To date we have not received consular access to Mr Sheikh.

Nepal: Religious Freedom

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to encourage the government of Nepal to enshrine protections for religious freedom consistent with Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in that country's new constitution.

Ivan Lewis: We regularly raise with the Government and political parties of Nepal the importance of ensuring that the new constitution is fully in line with Nepal's commitments under international human rights treaties. The Constituent Assembly Committee for Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles has proposed that the new Nepalese constitution should provide that no person
	should convert a person from one religion to another
	which would be in contravention of article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The constitution drafting process remains ongoing. We will continue to raise protections for religious freedom with the Government and political parties of Nepal.

Palestinians: Economic Situation

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the level of support given by the government of Israel to the economy in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Foster: I have been asked to reply.
	Although there are no specific reports on the level of support given by Israel to improve the economy in the West Bank, regular updates provided by the Office of the Quartet Representative and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs give some information.
	Israel has relaxed a number of restrictions on access in the last few months, including increased opening hours at certain crossing points, the removal of some earth mounds, and allowing Arab Israelis to visit the West Bank city of Jenin. The pilot project to keep the Allenby bridge crossing into Jordan open until midnight is expected to continue.
	Such moves have complemented the significant levels of donor support to drive growth in the West Bank economy. Despite these improvements, movement and access into and within the West Bank remains seriously restricted, and further easing is essential to help the Palestinian economy grow.

Tibet: Politics and Government

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will establish a mechanism to monitor progress in the talks on Tibet between the government of China and the Dalai Lama.

Ivan Lewis: We, alongside our EU counterparts, will continue to monitor progress on the dialogue. We urge all sides to maintain dialogue in good faith. This is the only way to achieving lasting stability and prosperity in Tibet.

Western Sahara: Human Rights

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2010,  Official Report, column 116W, on Western Sahara: human rights, what matters relating to human rights were included in Christopher Ross's briefing of the Security Council on 18 February 2010.

Ivan Lewis: Ambassador Ross' briefing to the UN Security Council of 18 February included some background on a recent exchange of allegations between the parties over human rights.
	The issue of whether to include human rights monitoring in the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara mandate was raised by Security Council members during the discussions that followed Ross' briefing.

Opposition

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department has undertaken costings of the policies of the  (a) Conservative Party and  (b) Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) has not investigated the cost of policies presented by the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats or any other opposition party.

Palestinians: Overseas Aid

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports he has received on alleged restrictions imposed by Hamas on the activities of humanitarian non-governmental organisations operating in Gaza.

Michael Foster: Department for International Development (DFID) officials are in regular contact with non-government organisations (NGOs), the UN and other donors about this issue. We assess that international NGOs and other humanitarian actors are generally able to carry out humanitarian activities, and that they have been able to successfully rebuff isolated attempts by elements of Hamas to interfere with aid delivery. However, we remain concerned that increasingly close scrutiny and accumulation of minor restrictions on NGO activity by Hamas will have the effect of impeding ongoing humanitarian aid. We will continue to support efforts by humanitarian agencies to protect their ability to assist Gazan civilians on the basis of need.

Sudan: Politics and Government

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports he has received on the humanitarian situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) receives regular reports from the United Nations and non-government organisations (NGOs). We are particularly concerned about the humanitarian situation in Darfur and southern Sudan.
	In Darfur, despite recent progress on peace talks between the Government and rebel groups, fighting has continued between the Sudanese armed forces and a faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army rebel group in the Jebel Mara region. This will have humanitarian consequences for civilians. We continue to urge both sides to immediately cease hostilities and allow access to the area by humanitarian agencies.
	In southern Sudan inter-tribal violence which displaced 390,000 people during 2009 has continued. Poor rains and high prices are fuelling food shortages. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) report that 1.6 million people face acute food shortages in 2010, and a total of 4.3 million people will be food insecure this year.
	The UK is the largest European bilateral donor to Sudan, providing some £50 million in humanitarian support this year.

DNA: Databases

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the familial searches of the national DNA database have resulted in a prosecution since the creation of that database.

Alan Johnson: Familial searches of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) are only carried out in cases of serious violent crime. They are undertaken on a case by case basis and only after authorisation from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) officer for the police force requesting the service. They are used to identify a suspect who does not have a DNA profile on the NDNAD but who may have a close relative who does have a profile on the NDNAD.
	Data provided by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) indicates that, since 2003, 33 individual suspects have been identified subsequent to a familial search of the NDNAD which suggested a possible relative with a subject profile on the NDNAD. Of these 33 suspects, five were deceased. The remaining 28 suspects were prosecuted, of whom 27 were convicted.

Entry Clearances

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the hub and spoke model for the issue of visas to enter the UK.

Phil Woolas: The Hub and Spoke system has been rolled out gradually since June 2007. This model, which separates the collection of applications from the place where the decision is made, has enabled the UK Border Agency to improve the efficiency and consistency of its visa operation, building on its network of visa application centres as well as increasing the security and integrity of our staff and delivering customer service benefits.
	Management reviews of the impact of Hub and Spoke are undertaken at regular intervals, and assessments of Hub and Spoke arrangements have also been made by the independent chief inspector of UKBA. A recent internal evaluation has confirmed that hub and spoke has delivered a number of key benefits, including improvements in quality and consistence of decision making, efficiency and productivity, resilience and flexibility, and customer service.

Entry Clearances: Iraq

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on Iraqi citizens travelling to Jordan in order to submit an application for a business visitor visa to enter the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 30 March 2010
	United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) International Group receives very few direct representations in respect of Iraqi citizens who have travelled to Jordan in order to submit an application for a business visitor visa. Properly documented applications are normally resolved and a decision made, within five working days.
	Due to cost and security considerations, Ministers have agreed that UKBA will currently offer a limited visa application service in Baghdad and Erbil for certain designated categories of applicant (such as senior officials and diplomats), for those going to the UK under Prime Ministerial/Government sponsored initiatives and for urgent compassionate cases.
	All other Iraqi nationals-including business people-can apply for their visas outside Iraq, in Damascus, Amman, and Beirut. The current processing time for straightforward applications made at one of these posts is usually within five working days.
	UKBA International Group has recorded two recent cases of representations, from UK sponsors, regarding Iraqi citizens who would have preferred to submit their business visitor visa applications in Iraq.

Identity Cards: Bus Services

Philip Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration  (a) his Department and  (b) the Identity and Passport Service has given to the use of identity cards to indicate entitlement for free local bus travel for the over-60s.

Meg Hillier: There are no current plans to use identity cards to indicate entitlement for free bus travel for the over 60's. However, an identity card is a convenient proof of age and could be used for the holder to prove that they qualify for age related services such as applying for a bus pass.

Opposition

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has undertaken costings of the policies of the  (a) Conservative Party and  (b) Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

Phil Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry) on 30 March 2010,  Official Report, column 1044W.

Police: Bureaucracy

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police officer time was spent on front-line policing in each year since 1997.

Alan Johnson: For the period 2003-04 to 2007-08, the front-line policing measure assesses time spent by police officers on core policing duties such as patrol and responding to 999 calls. They also include activities of CID and specialist officers, who, while not always visible to the public, are nonetheless carrying out core policing duties.
	The estimates by year are as follows: 2003-04, 63.6 per cent.; 2004-05, 62.3 per cent.; 2005-06, 63.6 per cent.; 2006-07, 64.2 per cent.; 2007-08, 64.9 per cent. Data for Staffordshire are not available for 2007-08 and these figures therefore exclude Staffordshire.
	The Policing Green Paper published in July 2008 introduced a robust programme to reduce bureaucracy and free-up officer time. This is enabling frontline staff to focus on dealing with the public's priorities, as measured against the confidence target-now the only top-down target on forces. As recommended by Sir David Normington in his review of data burdens placed by the Government on the police service, the collection of data about time spent by officers on police activities ceased after 2007-08.
	On 18 March 2010 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary published Value for Money Profiles for the 43 forces in England and Wales. Explanatory material accompanying the profiles contains an overall analysis of the police workforce as at 31 March 2009 which shows the proportion by function as:
	 Aiding the public 47 per cent.
	Working in the community 36 per cent.
	Policing roads 4 per cent.
	Taking 999 calls and tasking (control room) 7 per cent.
	 Dealing with criminals 31 per cent.
	Investigating crime (for example CID) 13 per cent.
	Specialist functions (such as air support, firearms, dogs) 4 per cent.
	Gathering intelligence 4 per cent.
	Processing forensic evidence 2 per cent.
	Preparing cases for court (criminal justice) 5 per cent.
	Holding people in custody 3 per cent.
	 Helping to support 22 per cent.
	Operational Support (including planning, estates, vehicles) 8 per cent.
	Business Support (including HR, finance, IT) 11 per cent.
	Training 2 per cent.
	Other (such as catering and stores/supplies) 1 per cent.
	 Note:
	These figures relate to the breakdown of all police personnel by function. They therefore include police staff as well as officers.

Employment Agencies: EU Law

Paul Rowen: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidance his Department plans to provide on  (a) the steps an agency must undertake to establish the parameters for equal treatment from an end-user of agency workers under the Agency Worker Regulations 2010,  (b) the extent to which measures undertaken by an agency to ascertain the information needed to provide equal treatment will be considered reasonable steps under section 14(3)(a) of the Regulations and  (c) safeguards for agencies from unreasonable liability where an end-user of agency workers does not accurately provide the information required to determine equal treatment under the Regulations or attempts to indemnify against such liability.

Patrick McFadden: The Government fully understand the importance of providing clear, comprehensive guidance on the agency workers regulations prior to their entry into force. This will be drawn up in consultation with stakeholders and will address these and other issues.

Further Education: Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Learning and Skills Council news release of 9 February 2010, entitled Learning and Skills Council Honours Commitment to Help Colleges with Financial Problems, which of the 41 colleges to receive funding from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) are in London; which colleges in  (a) England and  (b) London were identified by the LSC as facing financial difficulty as a direct result of aborted capital spending; what assessment has been made of the extent of the financial difficulty faced by such colleges in (i) England and (ii) London; and how much funding will be provided to each college.

Kevin Brennan: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is committed to ensuring that no college experiences financial difficulty as a result of decisions taken on capital. As a result the LSC has now paid all contractual obligations and has granted £43 million in additional support to 42 colleges identified as experiencing or anticipating serious financial problems as a result of the programme. The LSC will continue to work with the sector to ensure that no further colleges get into financial difficulty as a result of developing a capital proposal. I am unable to provide financial details relating to individual colleges as they are commercially sensitive to the colleges involved.

UK Space Agency

Adam Afriyie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the remit of the UK Space Agency is; when he plans to appoint a Space Agency director; what resources he has allocated to the Space Agency in  (a) 2009-10 and  (b) each of the next three financial years; and from which existing budgets such resources will be drawn.

David Lammy: The remit of the United Kingdom Space Agency is to manage UK Government civil space programmes as an executive agency. The agency will also represent the UK in European and international forums. Dr David Williams, the Director General of the British National Space Centre (BNSC), will be the acting CEO from 1 April 2010.
	A competition will be held to fill the new post of CEO for the UK Space Agency later this year. The agency will begin its role from 1 April 2010, so all 2009/10 budgets resided with existing BNSC partners and not the agency.
	In 2010/11 the estimated budget is £230 million, but this is subject to final negotiations with existing BNSC partners.
	The resources for 2010/11 will be drawn from programmes in BIS, the Technology Strategy Board, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, DEFRA, DfT and MOD.
	Budgets beyond 2010/11 have not yet been set.

Departmental Energy

Gregory Barker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Office of Government Commerce has made of the extent of the use of  (a) voltage optimisers and  (b) equivalent technologies within buildings occupied by (i) central Government Departments and (ii) the Government estate since the publication of the Delivery Plan for Sustainable Procurement and Operations on the Government Estate.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 29 March 2010
	The Office of Government Commerce recommends reducing the voltage of supplied electricity, including voltage optimisation to central Government Departments as one means to achieving the target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5 per cent. by 2010-11.
	Government hold data on voltage reduction, however, the element of voltage optimisation is not disaggregated within this.
	Two Departments are already making use of a framework agreement for voltage reduction and/or optimisation technology and we estimate that a further seven Departments and wider Members of the Government estate are planning usage of improving voltage supply technologies in their buildings across the Government estate.

Departmental Marketing

Robert Syms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 5 January 2010,  Official Report, column 103W, on departmental marketing, how much  (a) his Department,  (b) its agencies,  (c) HM Revenue and Customs and  (d) the Valuation Office Agency have spent on advertising, marketing, public relations and publicity in relation to the (i) Real Help Now and (ii) Building Britain's Future themed campaign to date.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: For HM Treasury, the Real Help Now endorsement phrase has been included in some marketing material to promote the Money Guidance pilot service in the north west and north east of England between April 2009 and March 2010. The marketing campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the service as a free source of impartial help for families on personal finance matters. The service is available to all but is targeted at those most vulnerable to poor financial decision making. Some of the marketing material on TV, local radio and local press advertising carried the Real Help Now logo. There were no additional costs to the campaign as a result of including Real Help Now. In total just under £3 million has been spent marketing the Money Guidance pathfinder service since April 2009.
	For HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), £1.4 million has been spent on the Real Help Now cross government campaign; £230,000 of the total was funded by HMRC with the balance coming from other Government Departments. Two further campaigns included Real Help Now identifiers. £388,000 was spent on the Business Payments Support Service advertising campaign which carried the Real Help for Business Now logo and £165,000 was spent on those elements of the Payments for Parents campaign which carried the Real Help for Families Now logo. All of the spending was funded from within existing departmental budgets.
	No spending on Building Britain's Future themed campaigns was reported by any of the Departments, and no spending on Real Help Now was reported by the Valuation Office Agency, Debt Management Office or the Office of Government Commerce.

Government Departments: Consultants

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the public purse was of expenditure by Government departments on consultancies in the last year for which figures are available; and what the estimated level of such expenditure is in each of the next three years.

Liam Byrne: The most recent year for which public expenditure on consultancy is available 2008-09. This data was published by the Office of Government Commerce alongside Budget 2010 in the Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey 2009
	http://www.ogc.gov.uk/publicspending
	The expenditure set out here will be reduced by 50 per cent. a year by 2012-13, as set in the pre-Budget report 2009.

Government Departments: Marketing

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2010,  Official Report, column 604W, on Government departments: marketing, 
	(1)  what the estimated cash value is of the level of marketing and communications spend in 2009-10 on which the 25 per cent. cut will be based;
	(2)  what the base  (a) year and  (b) cash value is of the level of consultancy spend on which the cut of 50 per cent. will be based.

Liam Byrne: Budget 2010 announced that over £11 billion of savings have now been identified by Department for the years from 2012-13. This includes the consultancy, marketing and communications cuts which were identified based on 2008-09 spending levels, currently the most recent financial year that spending levels are available for. The 2008-09 spend is set out in the 'Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey 2009', published alongside Budget.

Government Departments: Marketing

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2010,  Official Report, column 604W, on Government departments: marketing, what the estimated level of savings is from reducing consultancy and marketing/advertising spend in  (a) 2010-11 and  (b) 2011-12.

Liam Byrne: Budget 2010 announced that over £11 billion of savings have now been identified by Departments for the years from 2012-13. This includes over £650 million by 2012-13 from reducing departmental consultancy spend by 50 per cent. and departmental marketing and communications spend by 25 per cent. from 2008-09 spending levels, currently the most recent financial year that spending levels are available for. The 2008-09 spend is set out in the Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey 2009, published alongside Budget, it will be up to Departments to decide how they implement these cuts to ensure they meet the targets by 2012-13.

Government Departments: Marketing

Nick Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the total cash spend on marketing, advertising and public relations by central Government in the last 12 months; and what proportion of such expenditure was made through the Central Office of Information.

Liam Byrne: Central Government departmental total cash spend on marketing, advertising and public relations is collected by financial year. Therefore the most recent data collected covers financial year 2008-09. This information was published by department and non-departmental public body alongside Budget 2010 by the Office of Government Commerce in Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey 2009.
	http://www.ogc.gov.uk/publicspending

Pakistan

Philip Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  if he will place in the Library a copy of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's itinerary for his recent official visit to Pakistan;
	(2)  whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's recent visit to Pakistan was wholly, exclusively and necessarily on Government business.

Liam Byrne: Since 1999, the Government have published on an annual basis, a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of £500 as well as the total cost of all ministerial travel overseas. From 2007-08 the list was expanded to include all Ministers. The list also provides information on the purpose of the visit and the number of officials who accompany Ministers. Copies are available in the Libraries of the House. Information for 2009-10 will be published as soon as it is available. All travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Code respectively.

Public Expenditure

Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 26 February 2010,  Official Report, column 806W, on public expenditure, what the reason is for the base year chosen to calculate savings on expenditure on  (a) consultancy and  (b) marketing and communications.

Liam Byrne: Budget 2010 announced that over £11 billion of savings have now been identified by Departments for the years from 2012-13. This includes over £650 million by 2012-13 from reducing departmental consultancy spend by 50 per cent. and departmental marketing and communications spend by 25 per cent. from 2008-09 spending levels. These spending levels were chosen because they are the most recent financial year that spending levels are available for. The 2008-09 spend is set out in the Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey 2009, published alongside Budget.

Valuation Office Agency

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff  (a) there were and  (b) were made redundant from the Valuation Office Agency in each year since 1999; what efficiency savings the agency made in each of those years; and how much the agency spent on legal advice in each of those years.

Ian Pearson: For the number of staff in the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)  (a) I refer the hon. member to the answer given to him on 22 March 2010,  Official Report, column 75W and  (b) no staff have been made redundant since 1999.
	Under the current spending review period the income the VOA receives from its statutory clients has been reducing year on year by at least 5 per cent. per annum, in 2010-11 the current assumptions are that the VOA income will reduce from clients by a range of 5 per cent. to 13 per cent. These savings are counted as efficiency savings for the departments providing funding to the VOA to avoid double counting.
	Nevertheless the VOA tracks its efficiency record and using the HM Treasury basis for calculating these the efficiencies delivered in the current spending round are £13.3 million in 2008-09 increasing to a planned £24.0 million in 2009-10 (these figures are cumulative). In addition the VOA has completed the Revaluation 2010 project across England and Wales at no additional costs to the taxpayer whilst maintaining its performance targets creating a further efficiency of £52 million. A total of approximately £76 million.
	In addition as part of its commitment to value for money the VOA has also committed to £15 million savings in the Operational Efficiency programme over the next three years.
	The VOA publishes its legal services costs in its annual report and accounts to Parliament and a copy for each financial year is available in the Library. From 2000 an electronic copy is available on the VOA's website at:
	www.voa.gov.uk
	HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Solicitors advice is provided under a service level agreement, the fee for which is included within the service charge payment to HMRC. Counsel's opinion is obtained for the VOA via HMRC Solicitors and charged back to the agency together with other disbursements such as lodging and hearing fees, and any costs awarded against the VOA.
	It is not possible to identify the element purely attributed to legal advice without incurring disproportionate costs.

Departmental Buildings

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its agencies have spent on rooms for staff leisure in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: The Department and its agencies spent the following on rooms provided for staff leisure in the last five years:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2005-06 253,550 
			 2006-07 266,000 
			 2007-08 285,590 
			 2008-09 230,590 
			 2009-10 267,070 
		
	
	These are the full costs of providing these rooms and have been calculated and based on a square metre percentage of the overall costs for the buildings where leisure facilities are available.
	The response covers the Department's central administrative London estate of Richmond house, Wellington house and Skipton house, the properties of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, and the Medicines and products Healthcare Regulatory Authority.
	The Department is a minor occupier in New Kings Beam house (HM Revenue and Customs) and Quarry house in Leeds (Department for Work and Pensions) and the data for these sites are not available to us.

Hospitals: Mortality Rates

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will request the Care Quality Commission to investigate the reasons for the hospital standardised mortality ratio in 2007-08 at hospitals in  (a) Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust,  (b) Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (c) Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (d) Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (e) Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust,  (f) George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust,  (g) Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (h) Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust,  (i) Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,  (j) James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (k) Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust,  (l) Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (m) Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust,  (n) Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,  (o) North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust,  (p) Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,  (q) Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,  (r) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,  (s) Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust,  (t) Stockport NHS Foundation Trust,  (u) Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,  (v) United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust,  (w) University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,  (x) University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and  (y) Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

Mike O'Brien: From 1 April, national health service providers of regulated activities are required by law to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and assessed against a set of 16 safety and quality requirements. CQC has, therefore, recently scrutinised the registration applications of all NHS trusts in the country.
	In December 2009 CQC conducted a regional review of all trusts identified as having high hospital standardised mortality ratios and considered this information as part of the registration process for every trust, alongside other data.
	Where CQC does not have sufficient evidence of compliance with the requirements, it can impose conditions on the trust's registration, to force it to improve essential levels of quality and safety within timescales specified by CQC.
	Once trusts are registered, CQC continues to look at their mortality rates and will continuously monitor compliance with the essential safety and quality requirements, as part of the new system of regulation.

NHS: Standards

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis is for the use of models of risk prediction for the NHS Health Check.

Ann Keen: The NHS Health Check programme is a universal and systematic programme for everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 that will assess individuals' risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes and will support people to reduce or manage that risk through individually tailored advice. The programme was developed on the basis of advice from the National Screening Committee, is based on guidance produced by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and is both cost effective and clinically effective.
	The risk assessment stage of the NHS Health Check uses a risk engine to calculate a person's 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence on cardiovascular risk estimation has developed considerably, with a number of risk engines available, including Framingham and QRISK. These have been calibrated to reflect risk factors within specific populations, such as ethnicity, and a number of scientific reviews have been published on their validity. The Department takes its advice from NICE on matters such as which risk engines are most appropriate for the national health service to use. NICE has recently revised its guidance to allow the NHS to decide locally which risk engine best predicts risk for their population mix.
	Of equal importance however is that people are given individually tailored advice and the necessary follow up which is suitable for their particular circumstances to help them manage or reduce their risk. The advice, interventions and follow up that are offered will involve professional judgment and will help ensure that everyone's individual needs are met.

Prosthetics: Health Services

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what statistics his Department collects on  (a) demographic,  (b) diagnosis and  (c) treatment information held at prosthetics service centres in England; and whether there are plans to replace the National Amputee Statistical Database.

Phil Hope: Between 1997 and 2007 the National Amputee Statistical Database collected data from a number of providers using its minimum dataset which contained fields such as:
	Patient Number;
	Date of Birth;
	Commissioning Code;
	Centre Code;
	Gender;
	Category of patient;
	Ethnic Origin;
	Date of Referral following Amputation;
	Date of Amputation;
	Level of Amputation; and
	Cause of Amputation (Aetiology).
	There are no plans at present to replace the database.
	Health Episodes Statistics which collates data on the care provided by national health service hospitals and for NHS hospital patients treated elsewhere does not include any data on application of prosthesis as this rarely occurs in a hospital setting.
	Health Episodes Statistics does measure in-patient amputations using the OPCS classification of Interventions and Procedures. When combined with other data from the Admitted Patient Care Commissioning Data Set (age, sex, postcode, ethnicity, diagnosis), Health Episodes Statistics can be used to retrieve a great deal of the amputation data previously provided by National Amputee Statistical Database.
	Comprehensive central data is not collected about the numbers of people with prostheses or the number of prostheses that are supplied.

Social Services: Finance

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of people in each local authority area  (a) have been assessed for a personal social care budget,  (b) are in receipt of payment from a personal social care budget,  (c) have declined to use a personal social care budget and  (d) are awaiting assessment for a personal social care budget.

Phil Hope: holding answer 30 March 2010
	The NHS Information Centre for health and social care collects data on the number of clients (aged 18 and over) planned to receive services commissioned or provided by councils with adult social service responsibilities (CASSRs) via a personal budget as at 31 March 2009.
	Information on the numbers of people assessed for, awaiting assessment for, or declining a personal (social care) budget is not collected centrally.
	The table provides provisional information on the number of clients planned to receive services provided or commissioned by CASSRs via a personal budget as at 31 March 2009. Final data for 2008-09 are expected to be published on 28 April 2010.
	
		
			  The number of clients (aged 18 and over) planned to receive services via a personal budget as at 31 March 2009( 1)  by CASSR-As at 31 March 2009 
			  Rounded 
			   Clients (aged 18 and over) receiving personal budgets( 2) 
			 Barking and Dagenham 35 
			 Barnet 25 
			 Barnsley 475 
			 Bath And Somerset Unitary Authority (UA) 145 
			 Bedfordshire 0 
			 Bexley 0 
			 Birmingham (3)- 
			 Blackburn with Darwen UA 0 
			 Blackpool UA 0 
			 Bolton (3)- 
			 Bournemouth UA (4)- 
			 Bracknell Forest UA 0 
			 Bradford (3)- 
			 Brent 165 
			 Brighton and Hove UA 30 
			 Bristol UA (3)- 
			 Bromley 0 
			 Buckinghamshire 0 
			 Bury 0 
			 Calderdale (3)- 
			 Cambridgeshire 55 
			 Camden 0 
			 Cheshire 20 
			 City of London 0 
			 Cornwall 0 
			 Coventry 300 
			 Croydon (4)- 
			 Cumbria (3)- 
			 Darlington UA 0 
			 Derby UA 0 
			 Derbyshire (3)- 
			 Devon 935 
			 Doncaster 140 
			 Dorset 105 
			 Dudley 0 
			 Durham 20 
			 Ealing (3)- 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire UA 0 
			 East Sussex 0 
			 Enfield 0 
			 Essex 485 
			 Gateshead 0 
			 Gloucestershire 0 
			 Greenwich (3)- 
			 Hackney 5 
			 Halton UA 0 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 
			 Hampshire 1,290 
			 Haringey 0 
			 Harrow 135 
			 Hartlepool UA 0 
			 Havering 0 
			 Herefordshire UA 65 
			 Hertfordshire 2,150 
			 Hillingdon 0 
			 Hounslow 0 
			 Isle of Wight UA 15 
			 Isles of Scilly 0 
			 Islington 0 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 55 
			 Kent 0 
			 Kingston Upon Hull UA 0 
			 Kingston Upon Thames 25 
			 Kirklees 370 
			 Knowsley 5 
			 Lambeth 0 
			 Lancashire 90 
			 Leeds (3)- 
			 Leicester UA 120 
			 Leicestershire 0 
			 Lewisham 0 
			 Lincolnshire 205 
			 Liverpool (3)- 
			 Luton UA (3)- 
			 Manchester (3)- 
			 Medway Towns UA 0 
			 Merton 0 
			 Middlesbrough UA 20 
			 Milton Keynes UA 0 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne (3)- 
			 Newham 150 
			 Norfolk 265 
			 North East Lincolnshire UA 0 
			 North Lincolnshire UA 0 
			 North Somerset UA 5 
			 North Tyneside (4)- 
			 North Yorkshire 0 
			 Northamptonshire 75 
			 Northumberland (4)- 
			 Nottingham UA 0 
			 Nottinghamshire 265 
			 Oldham 2,080 
			 Oxfordshire 10 
			 Peterborough UA 10 
			 Plymouth UA 0 
			 Poole UA 0 
			 Portsmouth UA 10 
			 Reading UA (3)- 
			 Redbridge 310 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA (3)- 
			 Richmond Upon Thames 550 
			 Rochdale (3)- 
			 Rotherham 0 
			 Rutland UA 580 
			 Salford 0 
			 Sandwell 10 
			 Sefton 0 
			 Sheffield 25 
			 Shropshire 0 
			 Slough UA 0 
			 Solihull 0 
			 Somerset 20 
			 South Gloucestershire UA 0 
			 South Tyneside (3)- 
			 Southampton UA 5 
			 Southend-on-Sea UA (4)- 
			 Southwark 0 
			 St. Helens 420 
			 Staffordshire 30 
			 Stockport 0 
			 Stockton-On-Tees UA (3)- 
			 Stoke-On-Trent UA (4)- 
			 Suffolk 235 
			 Sunderland (3)- 
			 Surrey (3)- 
			 Sutton 0 
			 Swindon UA 0 
			 Tameside 0 
			 Telford and The Wrekin UA 0 
			 Thurrock UA 0 
			 Torbay UA (4)- 
			 Tower Hamlets 0 
			 Trafford 0 
			 Wakefield 0 
			 Walsall 0 
			 Waltham Forest 0 
			 Wandsworth 0 
			 Warrington UA 0 
			 Warwickshire 80 
			 West Berkshire UA 30 
			 West Sussex 910 
			 Westminster 40 
			 Wigan 35 
			 Wiltshire 0 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead UA 0 
			 Wirral (3)- 
			 Wokingham UA 30 
			 Wolverhampton 0 
			 Worcestershire 10 
			 York UA 75 
			 (1) Data for 2008-09 is provisional, final data is expected to be published on 28 April 2010. (2) Two personal budgets are currently being rolled out and councils are at varying stages of roll out, therefore there is a large variation in figures at CASSR level. (3) Missing data items. (4) Data less than six has been suppressed. 
		
	
	Figures within the table include clients in receipt of direct payments as part of a personal budget, but do not include carers in receipt of direct payments or with a personal budget.
	An England total for the figures is not provided as data was not provided by all CASSRs. This data is provisional, and final data, including an England total with calculated estimations for those councils that have not provided data will be published on 28 April 2010.

CAFCASS

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent estimate he has made of the time taken by staff of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to prepare for an Ofsted inspection.

Dawn Primarolo: The resources used in preparation for, and facilitation of, an Ofsted inspection were estimated as being equivalent to some 4,000 hours of staff time, comprising a combination of front-line, managerial and support staff. This estimate was made during 2009 as part of the work on an issues analysis carried out by PA Consulting for DCSF and relates to a single Cafcass service area.

Children: Social Services

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average number of pages was in a  (a) report on and  (b) summary of a serious case review in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 22 March 2010
	The figures requested are not recorded centrally.
	The statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2010) sets out the requirements for SCR overview reports and executive summaries. Their length will vary according to the different features and levels of complexity of individual cases. Working Together does, however, include a template for overview reports and for executive summaries. The latter was added to the guidance in March 2010 to help ensure that each executive summary provides a full, thorough account of the SCR and includes the actions to be taken.

Freud Communications

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2009,  Official Report, column 1068W, on Freud Communications: public relations, for what reasons the Year of Music was not undertaken in-house by departmental staff; and on what dates Ministers in his Department have met Matthew Freud in the last 12 months.

Diana Johnson: Tune In-Year of Music was conceived as a branded campaign aimed at making a significant and high-profile communications impact and intended to involve well-known music professionals, to interest and engage young people in music.
	The challenge to unite the music sector under a common brand, with the aim of maximising the reach and impact of existing and future music opportunities for young people, as well as developing and implementing the Tune In programme of activity, and securing effective media coverage at national and local level, required a specialist integrated communications agency, as outlined in the campaign brief. Freud Communications were successful in a competitive pitch process run by the Department.
	Neither Ministers nor officials in the Department have met with Matthew Freud in the last 12 months.

GCE A-level

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils  (a) eligible and  (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades at A-level in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Diana Johnson: holding answer 19 January 2010
	Pupil level data relating to free school meal eligibility was not collected in 1997.
	In 2008, 160 (3.5 per cent.) pupils eligible for free school meals achieved three or more A grades at A-level. The percentage is of all pupils eligible for free schools meals entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
	This compares with 14,431 (10.5 per cent.) pupils not eligible for free school meals achieved three or more A grades at A-level. The percentage is of all pupils not eligible for free schools meals entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
	The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.

GCE A-Level: Disadvantaged

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals achieved  (a) one or more A to G grades,  (b) three or more A to C grades and  (c) three or more A grades at A-level in (i) 1980 and (ii) the most recent year for which records are available.

Diana Johnson: holding answer 12 January 2010
	 Pupil level data relating to free school meal eligibility was not collected as far back as 1980, therefore we have provided 2003.
	Figures for 2003 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Pupils eligible for FSM achieving 
			   Number  Percentage 
			  (a) One or more A to E grades 4,610 93.4 
			  (b) Three or more A to C grades 845 17.1 
			  (c) Three or more A grades 94 1.9 
		
	
	Figures for 2008 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Pupils eligible for FSM achieving 
			   Number  Percentage 
			  (a) One or more A to E grades 4,516 97.5 
			  (b) Three or more A to C grades 1,370 29.6 
			  (c) Three or more A grades 160 3.5 
		
	
	Percentages indicated are of all students eligible for free school meals who were entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
	The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.

GCE A-Levels: Disadvantaged

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many white  (a) boys and  (b) girls eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades at A-level in (i) 1980 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Diana Johnson: holding answer 11 January 2010
	Pupil level data on ethnicity and eligibility for free school meals was not collected as far back as 1980.
	In 2008, 38 (4.2 per cent.) white British boys and 29 (2.6 per cent.) white British girls eligible for free school meals achieved three or more A grades at A-level. Percentages indicated are of white British students eligible for free school meals of the appropriate gender who were entered for at least one GCE/Applied GCE A level/Double Award in 2008.
	The figures relate to 16-18 year olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.

GCSE

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils  (a) eligible and  (b) not eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.

Diana Johnson: holding answer 21 January 2010
	Pupil level data relating to free school meal eligibility was not collected as far back as 1997. The information requested is presented for 2003 (the earliest available year) and 2009 in the following table and is for maintained schools only.
	
		
			   Number of pupils not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics  Proportion of pupils not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics (percentage) 
			  2003   
			 Eligible for FSM 67,195 82.8 
			 Not eligible for FSM 266,217 53.9 
			  2009   
			 Eligible for FSM 54,190 72.9 
			 Not eligible for FSM 227,963 45.2 
			  Note: Figures for 2003 are based on pupils aged 15 and for 2009 are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4.  Source: National Pupil Database

GCSE: Disadvantaged

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of white  (a) boys and  (b) girls eligible for free school meals did not achieve A* to C at GCSE in both English and mathematics in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 21 January 2010
	Pupil level data relating to ethnicity and Free School Meal eligibility was not collected as far back as 1997. The information requested for 2003 (the earliest year available) and 2009 is presented in the following table and is for maintained schools only.
	
		
			   Number of white pupils eligible for free school meals not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics  Proportion of white pupils eligible for free school meals not achieving A*-C at GCSE in both English and mathematics (percentage) 
			  2003   
			 Boys 24,404 86.9 
			 Girls 23,022 83.8 
			
			  2009   
			 Boys 20,684 80.0 
			 Girls 18,723 75.0 
			  Note: Figures for 2003 are based on pupils age 15 and for 2009 are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.  Source: National Pupil Database

Languages: GCSE

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage Four in current National Challenge schools  (a) took and  (b) achieved a grade A* to C at GCSE in a modern foreign language in each of the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: The number and percentage of pupils in the 2009 national challenge schools, who entered and achieved a GCSE in modern foreign language is as follows:
	
		
			   Number of pupils who entered MFL in national challenge schools  Percentage of pupils who entered MFL in national challenge schools  Number of pupils who achieved GCSE A*-C MFL in national challenge schools  Percentage of pupils who achieved A*-C MFL in national challenge schools 
			 2005 10,818 33.9 4,278 13.4 
			 2006 7,805 23.7 3,526 10.7 
			 2007 6,679 19.0 3,277 9.3 
			 2008 7,280 19.9 3,636 10.0 
			 2009 6,447 17.0 3,227 8.5 
			  Notes: 1. Qualifications included are full GCSEs, GCSE double awards and GCSEs in Applied subjects only. 2. The percentage of pupils achieving is based on all pupils in national challenge schools, not just those entered. 3. A pass rate based on those entered can be calculated by dividing the number of pupils who achieve a grade A* -C by the number of pupils entered for MFL.

Mathematics: GCE A-Level

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many white  (a) boys and  (b) girls eligible for free school meals achieved an A grade in A-level further mathematics in (i) 1980 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Diana Johnson: holding answer 11 January 2010
	Pupil level data relating to ethnicity and free school meal eligibility was not collected as far back as 1980.
	In 2008, nine (42.9 per cent.) white British boys and three (50.0 per cent.) white British girls eligible for free school meals achieved an A grade in A-level further mathematics. The percentages indicated are of white British students eligible for free school meals of the appropriate gender who were entered for a GCE A level in further maths.
	The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August 2007) in maintained schools only who were eligible for free school meals when they were academic age 16. The figures do not include the achievement of students in further education sector colleges previously eligible for free school meals.

Music: Primary Education

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to encourage the teaching of music in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.

Diana Johnson: Music is a legal entitlement for all young people aged five-14 in England as it is a statutory subject within the national curriculum.
	In addition the Government have, since 1999, provided funding to local authorities through the Standards Fund Music Grant to support local music provision. Since the Government's pledge in 2001, that over time all primary pupils who wanted to should have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, the widening of access to instrumental provision at Key Stage 2 has been a priority call on the Music Grant. Also, since 2006, there has also been an additional element to the grant solely for delivering local instrumental and vocal tuition to children at Key Stage 2. Some local authorities also make their own contribution to local music making.
	Another important element of the Government's £332 million commitment to music education 2008-11 is their support for the national singing programme, 'Sing Up'. The programme, which receives £10 million a year, aims, by March 2011, to enable every primary school-aged child to take part in daily high-quality singing activity, and for all primary schools in England to become 'Singing Schools'.
	Over the current academic year, music is being celebrated through Tune In-Year of Music. The wide range of music related experiences available to children and young people across England will be showcased over the year, and all children-whatever their talent-are being encouraged to get involved in music.

Schools: Email

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much  (a) primary,  (b) secondary,  (c) special and  (d) all schools spent on maintaining email addresses for school staff and pupils in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Vernon Coaker: Schools are funded for technology purposes by the Harnessing Technology Grant. Schools are also free to use money from other sources on technological services and infrastructure. However, data on funding of email addresses specifically is not collected, and schools and local authorities are free to decide locally how to apportion the funding across the various types of technology.

Schools: Vetting

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 25 February 2010,  Official Report, column 695W, on vetting: local education authorities, what the timetable is for the review of requirements for Criminal Records Bureau disclosures.

Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement of 23 March 2010,  Official Report, column 29WS.

Teenage Pregnancy

Anthony D Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for a successor strategy to the teenage pregnancy strategy.

Dawn Primarolo: On 24 February 2010-to coincide with the publication of the latest (2008) under-18 conception data by the Office for National Statistics-The Department and the Department of Health jointly published Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: Beyond 2010, which sets out the Government's on-going commitment to reducing England's teenage pregnancy rate. A copy can be found at the following link:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/healthandwellbeing/teenagepregnancy